Learned the lesson
Having spent quite a lot of time in school, I recognized a teachable moment provided by Rep. Thyra Stevenson in her letter Thursday.
Thyra, your letter to teach Marty Trillhaase a lesson was not lost on me.
You are correct that once elected to office, one can use the title for life. It is just a little tacky to mislead the electorate in thinking you are an incumbent. ...
You have reminded me that when you were elected you promised to quit the Lewiston City Council. You failed to do that. Your excuse was that you wanted to pick your successor. You seem to have forgotten that job was not your responsibility and your input was not needed or wanted.
You also have reminded me that when Rep. Dan Rudolph was elected, you tried to use your past honorific to crash the freshman legislator orientation in northern Idaho after you lost the election. I believe that they turned you away. ...
Your letter was very educational for me. ... As a life-long Republican, I have learned just because someone is running as a Republican it doesn't mean that they are trustworthy or the best person for the office.
I am sure I will catch the Dickens from fellow Republicans who seem to think there is only one way to vote. This election year is extraordinary in that no one seems to be qualified on the national or local level - and you seem to fit right in.
Looking forward to November.
Ron Rose
Lewiston
Filling the void
I would like to share my story of how drugs have torn my family apart and left it in pieces.
My father is addicted to meth. He has already spent four years in prison for his actions brought on by this addiction in which the use of drugs never stopped during his sentence.
He lost his family and three kids because he would rather be high than to be a father. He not only changed as a father but changed as a person due to this drug.
He has almost destroyed his relationships with everyone around him and close to him. It is pathetic that he continues to throw away his life.
My point is to tell you all to never get involved with drugs because it will ruin everything you have such as your relationships and your personality.
I am taking a completely different path. I am currently working toward becoming an Eagle Scout. I have better expectations for myself and higher goals.
I have witnessed firsthand what drugs can do and it absolutely disgusts me.
I am 14 years old and have had to step up as the man of the house due to the absence of my dad.
Dominik Taylor
Lewiston
Justice has its price
Justice in Asotin County, I guess, starts with the county prosecutor's office.
Here's a good case to figure out if justice is getting done or the taxpayers are bearing the burden:
A subject is charged with possession of stolen property. Then the charges are dropped. Value of the stolen property is $2,300.
The staff at the prosecutor's office spends time getting restitution for the victim who does not want it. Yes, restitution came in the amount of $79.
The prosecutors have written two letters stating the checks were not being cashed. And this was a slap in the face to the victim.
Also, in the two letters was a question of how to resolve this so the clerk's office could balance its books. It was never responded to.
Finally a third letter was sent with a deadline asking for a response. The answer came. The restitution would not be dropped as it is to punish the person in possession of the $2,300 of stolen property.
So whether I choose to or not to cash the checks was up to me. But the person was going to pay to be punished. So I ask you: Would this not be a lucrative business to get into?
If caught, pay $79 on $2,300 invested.
Plus, it's costing the taxpayers an unknown amount to employ personnel in the prosecutor's office to be employed in assisting a lucrative business.
Sounds good to me.
Jim Griffin
Clarkston
Kaine's jihadi contact
Tim Kaine, former governor of Virginia, is Hillary Clinton's pick for vice president.
Just who is this man?
As governor, he appointed a jihadi, Esam Moreish, to the Virginia Immigration Commission (he still sits in that position).
Look up Moreish. He has a blog. See what the U.S. Justice Department had to say about him in 2008.
Look up the eight U.S. senators who walked out on Benjamin Netanyahu's speech on the Iran deal to Congress just a few months ago (Kaine was among them).
How can Democrat voters be so blindly loyal to "leaders" who have as their closest personal advisors people like Valerie Jarrett (Obama's Iranian-born adviser) and Huma Abedin, (Hillary's personal aide)?
Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood jihadi shooter of U.S. military personnel, Anwar-Al-Awlaki, the radical al-Qaida operative who was taken out abroad by a U.S. missile, two of the 9/11 hijackers and Sami Al-Arian, deported Muslim Brotherhood operative, were among the congregation of the Mosque where Al Awlaki was the Imam and Moreish was the vice president of the mosque.
These are the people Kaine has associated himself with, in exchange for campaign cash.
Robert Mason
Weippe
Levy renewed
On behalf of Asotin County Fire District 1, I want to thank voters for renewing our levy for Emergency Medical Service. EMS accounts for 90 percent of our calls, and your continued support for the program is important and appreciated.
Fire district 1 is accountable to its taxpayers. We operate under a balanced budget and have passed all financial and accountability audits by the state. We will continue to report back to you about how we use these levy funds to save lives and property.
Again, thank you for supporting the work we do. We appreciate the opportunity to serve.
Noel Hardin
Chief, Asotin County Fire District 1
Clarkston
